Huge court bill for Shrewsbury shop caught illegally selling vapes with too much nicotine - and to children
A Shrewsbury shop and its owner/director have been ordered to pay more than £30,000 for the illegal sale of disposable vapes, and for selling a vape to a person under 18.
At Telford Magistrates Court on Monday November 11 2024, Sweet Vapez Ltd – trading as Castle Hill – of Castle Gates, Shrewsbury, and company director Mr Nazar Haytham Ali each pleaded guilty to six offences relating to the sale of disposable vapes containing fruit-flavoured liquid with excess levels of nicotine.
Sweet Vapez Ltd also pleaded guilty to selling a disposable vape to a 14-year-old.
Each defendant was ordered to pay £15,214 in fines, costs and a victim’s surcharge, with Sweet Vapez also fined £461 for the underage sale – a total of £30,899.
The prosecution was brought by Shropshire Council following investigations by the council’s trading standards team.
